As Li Guizhi listened to her daughter's story, her expression grew increasingly grim.

After hearing the whole story, she slapped the sofa armrest a few times. "Xiao Meng is such a troublemaker! Xiao Li, you're not allowed to play with her anymore, understand?"

Jiang Xiaoli nodded vigorously like an obedient little quail, "Yes, yes, I stopped playing with her a long time ago. If she hadn't said she had something very important to tell me today, I wouldn't have gone out."

Li Guizhi stroked her daughter's hair, "Our Xiaoli is a good girl. Sigh, Xiaomeng's situation is really... No, I've watched this child grow up, I can't let her do whatever she wants. If she doesn't borrow money to go to those shady little clinics, and something happens to her, her life will be ruined! Besides, Tian Yuzhen might blame you for not lending money to Xiaomeng!"

After saying that, she got up and hurriedly left, leaving her daughter with the words, "Xiaoli, if you get hungry later, go to Xiaoyu's house for dinner. I'll be back later."

Jiang Xiaoli agreed and waved to her.

Everything went as she expected.

In the six months since her rebirth, she has been very happy and doesn't want to have any more entanglements with Wang Xu and Tian Xiaomeng.

However, scumbags should pay the price for their actions.

Once Tian Yuzhen finds out that Tian Xiaomeng is pregnant, she won't let Wang Xu's family have an easy time.

She leisurely read a book at home for a while, then went to the neighbor's house across the street for dinner, and didn't wait until 9 o'clock for Li Guizhi to return.

She was watching TV in the living room and waiting when she heard the door open, so she immediately went to the door.

"Mom, you're back so late. Have you eaten? Aunt Xu specially saved some food for you. Let me heat it up for you."

Li Guizhi sighed, "I'll heat it up myself later, don't bother."

Jiang Xiaoli tentatively asked, "How did Aunt Tian handle it?"

Li Guizhi pulled her daughter to sit on the sofa. "Luckily we arrived in time today. Xiaomeng almost had to have surgery at the small clinic! Sister Tian took her to the boy's house. The boy was too cowardly and initially denied it. Later, Sister Tian had to press him so hard that he finally admitted it."

Jiang Xiaoli pursed her lips. She could have guessed this scene. No wonder someone so irresponsible would admit it in this situation. Tian Yuzhen was much better.

"Then what?"

Li Guizhi hesitated for a moment, but still told her daughter, "The neighbors around the children's house were talking about the trouble caused by Sister Tian. The Wang family welcomed us in to discuss how to resolve the matter. Sister Tian asked the Wang family to give 10,000 yuan as a bride price so that the two children could get married and have the child."

Jiang Xiaoli was speechless. "They're only sixteen or seventeen, what are they getting married for?"

“That’s right.” Li Guizhi took a sip of water. “Whether it’s a dowry of 10,000 yuan or getting them to get married, the Wang family is unwilling. In the end, they agreed to compensate 3,000 yuan, take Xiaomeng to the hospital for surgery, and after she recovers, let the two children change their age by two years to work in a factory in the south. They will get married when they reach the appropriate age.”

"Are they still going to get married?" Are these two glued together?

Li Guizhi was also speechless. "It seems like Xiaomeng has been brainwashed by that boy. She just refuses to separate from him no matter what."

Jiang Xiaoli could only say, "Mom, you're hopeless when it comes to being love-struck. Let's leave this at that and not worry about it anymore."

"Okay, let's not worry about that anymore. I just want you to be okay," Li Guizhi murmured, hugging her daughter.

...

February 28th marks the start of the new semester and registration.

Most of the classmates hadn't seen each other for the entire holiday, and now that they're all together, they have so much to talk about.

Looking at the noisy classroom, Chen tapped the blackboard. "Quiet! Now line up to pay your tuition. Remember to write your name in pencil!"

Jiang Xiaoli sat down casually in her seat, hehe, she was now a top student who had been exempted from tuition and textbook fees!

Chen collected the tuition fees, gave a few instructions, and then left in a hurry.

Study committee member Zhang Yuanyuan and labor committee member Wan Duoduo took turns to participate.

"Submit your winter break homework to your group leaders!"

"Big cleaning! Big cleaning! Tall students, come find me to get rags and newspapers to wipe the windows!"

Jiang Xiaoli was assigned to sweep and mop the floor. After everyone else had finished their work and left, she and a few other people in her group set up the long bench on the table and began cleaning.

She swept the floor while listening to Xie Yitao and Chen Jing chat.

"Before the Lunar New Year, my mom took me to Kyoto to watch the flag-raising ceremony. She got up at 4 a.m. to prepare, and we arrived at Tiananmen Square at 5 a.m. It was very cold, but there were so many people..."

Xie Yitao's storytelling skills have improved dramatically, probably because he's spent so much time with Jiang Xiaoli.

He told the story of watching the flag-raising ceremony with great enthusiasm, captivating Chen Jing and Li Cheng so much that they forgot to sweep the floor and just stood there listening to him talk.

This week, their class's assigned area was the podium, and Wan Duoduo went to check its cleanliness.

When she returned, she saw four people sweeping the classroom and three others slacking off.

She strode over to the three of them and raised her voice, "Sweep the floor first, then we'll talk!"

Chen Jing was startled by her, and only after recognizing the person did she immediately start waving a broom.

Wan Duoduo muttered to herself, "There are only a few of you left. Hurry up and finish sweeping so we can go home. I just heard there will be a quiz when school starts, so I need to hurry home and study!"

Li Cheng perked up instantly, and his movements became much faster.

Jiang Xiaoli was the first to finish sweeping and mopping her assigned area. Wan Duoduo gave her a thumbs up, and she promptly slipped away.

Xiao Muyu and Yuan Man had been waiting for her for a long time; the two of them had already scoured the convenience store near the school gate.

Seeing her come out, Yuan Man greeted her with a smile, "Jiang Xiaoli! We're here!"

She looked Yuan Man up and down. "Yuan Xiaoman, how come you've lost weight over the New Year?"

Yuan Man waved his hand, looking pale and sickly. "Don't even mention it. Today, my whole family was taken to a temple by my grandfather to celebrate the New Year. We ate vegetarian food every day. Since we got back, I've been wanting to eat nothing but meat for every meal!"

Jiang Xiaoli gave her a sympathetic look. "Comrade, you've worked hard!"

Xiao Muyu smiled and put her arms around the two of them. "That's why I made plans with Aman to go to KFC. Shall we go together?"

"Alright, let's go!"

They both ate very well, but who can resist fried food!

Perhaps because it was the first day of school, there were many students in KFC.

The three of them ordered their food and found a seat by the window.

Jiang Xiaoli popped a French fry into her mouth and nodded contentedly, "Fried food makes me happy!"

Yuan Man took a big bite of the original recipe chicken and exclaimed, "So satisfying!"

Xiao Muyu looked at them with amusement, "You two are eating like you've been tortured by someone, eat slowly!"

Yuan Man swallowed the food in her mouth, took a sip of cola, and said, "Xiaoyu, it's no different than being abused!"